Nanking, Sept. 21, Getting behind the Japanese by a round-about route, Chinese reinforcements yesterday launched a surprise attack on Japanese troops at Tungchiachuang, about four li west of Machang on the Tsinpu line. Severe fighting was still in progress there, Meanwhile Japanese are moving their troops and military supplies to points south of Tientsin by the Grand Canal, indicating that the Japanese are planning to push southward again shortly, Chinese reinforcements rushed the Peiping-Hankow and Tientsin-Pukow fronts have taken up their new positions but have not yet come into contact with the Japanese, a Chinese official communique seid today—Central News.
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